Crossword clues for gasses
gasses
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of gases English) (gas English) vb. (alternative spelling of gases English) (en-third-person singulargas)
WordNet
See gas
n. the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines [syn: gasoline, gasolene, petrol]
a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn: flatulence, flatulency]
a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" [syn: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, throttle, gun]
a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes [syn: natural gas]
Usage examples of "gasses".
The gasses are always moving, pushed around by solar winds and asteroidal bodies passing here and there.
C-3 orbited, often spending entire nights surrounded by the stars and swirling gasses hovering in the room.
A selectively permeable membrane, it would pass the right gasses in and out until the composition of the air was- was- Svetz was choking, tearing at the sac.
There is sinus pain and flatulence as the gasses within our bodies squeeze out.
Moving with the unpredictable winds of solar radiation bombarding the gasses from all sides, the giant appeared over time to be swaying back and forth, up and down, as if in some sort of galactic dance, where time and space were partnered in an ever changing rhythm.
Alex took the cup, never taking his eyes from the top section of gasses gently swirling in electronic representation in front of him.
He pointed to the uppermost corner where purple gasses were so thick they obscured further view.
Alex leaned back into the cushions of the couch and stared out at the purple gasses now filling the view.
Frozen in time on a solitary ship, floating through the purple gasses of a nebula that neither cared or noticed.
Molten cast iron was poured into a stone basin in a reverberatory furnace and exhaust gasses from a hot fire were run over the top of the basin.
A worker with a long rake stirred the surface of the puddle of iron, and carbon monoxide in the gasses would combine with carbon in the iron.
The gasses froze into a rime that glim-mered in the shadows and sublimed where the sunlight caught it out.
Wong not said that internal pressure would squeeze liquids and gasses from their bodies?
The moon possessed a thin atmosphere of xenon and other heavy gasses that tempered the harshness of the sun-glare and painted the blackness of space with a translucent film of sky.